Show I i B6 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday October 23 2003 Attack Top Continued from Continued from B1 B1 md for Tiger f simply because he carries the label of "go-t- o guy" (something Penigar did on many an occasion last season) And that should help tip balance decidUSU win-lowin column in toward the edly ss 2003-0- 4 For the second straight son Utah State is suiting up a forma' Utah Ute in Aggie blue Following in the footsteps of center Mike Puzey guard Chris Huber is settling in at Utah State after being on the road virtually ever since graduating from Bear River High School in 1999 Huber committed to Utah before leaving on an LDS mission to South Korea but after returning home the Garland native had to pay his own way during a redshirt season with the Utes Huber was under the impression that he'd receive a scholarship for the 2002-0- 3 season but when head coach Rick Majerus elected to give his final scholarship to another player Huber left the Utes in favor of Dixie) State College in St George j During his one year with the Rebels Huber averaged 84 points 39 assists and 32 rebounds while helping guide Dixie State to a 30-- record finish at the and a third-plaNJCAA National Tournament The sophomore will see extensive time at both guard positions for the Aggies this season a ' ((ual responsibility that Morrill normally doesn't like to bestow on players new to his meetings by a combined total of 13 points North Texas did not convince some USU players it was unbeatable Several predict the Mean Green will falter before the season is over It nay be wishful i thinking since the Aggies need North Texas to lose ip order to get back in the league race ' "We are now in the position that we will have to rely on some other team in order‘ to get to the postseason" USU linebacker Nate Putnam said "But we need to do all we can in order to get there beginning with the first step of beating Arkansas State We need to put North Texas behind us" are in the same : The Indians (1-- 1 bent as USU They come to Romney Stasituation as welL dium in a must-wi- n Arkansas State does still have North Texas and Middle Tennessee to play "I know it's a cliche but we've got to approach one game at a time" Arkansas State head coach Steve Robots said "We need to make sure we are prepared to play Utah State this week and not worry about We still have a lot the next five games LAKE BUENA VISTA Fla (AP)-i-T- he Palm and Magnolia causes were j ' mostly empty Wednesday afternoon as players in the Funai Classic at Disney : headed across the street to the Magic f Kingdom to hang out with thepr families “This used to the be hardest week df the year" Curtis Strange said “You play in the morning and go tb J the parks in the afternoon with yoijr kids and by the end of the day you to play for" That cannot be said for the other two travels to games Idaho 2 Louisiana-Lafayetand 3 Louisiana-Monro- e (1-- 2 hosts New which is having Mexico State (0-- 3 to play its third straight league game on the road These four teams need a lot of help to get back into the New Orleans Bowl hunt ' grind 3-- 4) (1-- (1-- te 7) 6) 6) - made Woods essentially would break the record too since his next two tournaments — the Tour Championship and Mercedes Championships next year — have no cut - It should be a fairly simple task Afterall the only time Woods missed the cut as a professional was in die 1997 Canadian Open The cut streak dates to the 1998 Pebble Beach National Pro-A- m when Woods withdrew ratha than rcfiim seven months lata to finish the couldn't wait to get to bed” But this isn’t a working vacation for everyone About two dozen guys are struggling to keep their jobs next year with only two tournaments left to finish in the top 125 on the PGA Tour money list Every player from No 26 through No 38 on the money list including a rare appearance by Phil Mickelson is at Disney trying to finish in die top 30 and make it to the lucrative Tour rain-delay- Championship Tiger Woods has no such worries although he’s not immune to the Along with trying to build on his $171239 lead ova Vijay Singh as he tries to win the money title for a record fifth straight year Woods is on the verge of breaking one of the oldest records in die PGA Tour books All he has to do is finish among the top 70 players after two rounds to tie Byron Nelson at 1 13 consecutive cuts 7) nr—i Golf ' tournament ' & Go It leads to the kind of golf Woods detests — a putting contest in which players slip down the leaderboard if they aren’t making birdies in bunches “I’ve never liked them" he said ' “It doesn’t really reward good When you get a golf course like a US Open where you’ve got to manage your game think about where you are going that’s when it becomes more fun It becomes more of a chess match “Here you’re basically firing at every pin” Woods has finished at 265 twice at Disney and finished third Then again he also has won twice (1996 1999) “You don’t have to like it" he said “Just play well" There have been 10 tournaments over his last 112 on the PGA Tour where Woods flirted with missing die cut in the second round The most recent came at the Deutsche Bank Championship outside Boston-wherhe was 3 ova the cut line with 11 holes to play then birdied six of his next nine holes The closest call this year came at the Masters Needing a par to make the cut Woods hit his drive unda a small pine tree then hit a shoulda-hig- h stinga into a greenside bunker and made his par with a putt ball-striki- ng ' But strange things can happen at Disney A year ago Woods was 9 unda par after two rounds and figured he was in good shape going into the weekend The course played so easy — and yes these guys are good — that the cut was a record 6 unda “I think the cut is probably going to be 8 or 10 unda tills week” he said Woods hiu been playing several courses around Orlando while his home course at Isleworth is being renovated and he said all of them had firm fast greens He came to Disney and found them lush green and receptive “I think the guys will just tear this place apart” Woods said 23-un- da - 3-f- 6 ce 190-pou- ' program "I'm grateful he has the con-fidence in me and I want to work hard and prove him right" Huber said of his third hold coach in three years "I know that coach Morrill runs a lot of stuff but from what I've heard that's pretty similar to what we did at Dixie ' I know at the end of last year we had 68 different plays" The best thing for Huber and the Aggies is that he has three years in which to master Morrill's system a fact that thrills him to death after living the life of a nomad ever since leading the Bears to a 3A state championship his senior year Tve been through the grind as far as being at two other schools in the state and now ' here" Huber said "But this feels like home It feels good to be here "I know that 1'ixi going to be : here for a while and that they treat you good here and treat you fair That's what makes it ' so exciting" For the first five years of his tenure at Utah State Morrill — more or less — had the run of the Spectrum But with the renewal of the women's pro-grathe facilities at Utah State are suddenly being stretched pretty thin "They're being great to work with" Morrill said of women's head coach Raegan Ptbley and ha staff "I don't know if I'm ever great to work with btit we're trying to be "We're just trying to adjust to not having carte blanche" Prior to the addition of the women's team the Aggies were still occasionally unable to practice at the Spectrum due to spevolleyball gymnastics cial events such as tonight's Brooks & Dunn conceit When displaced from the Spectrum the only option fa the men's team any of the otha pro-grams is the HPER building and while the facilities there are adequate they aren't necessarily ideal due to the high volume of traffic through that building "The people over there are great to work with but the HPER gets so much activity that tire surface of the floor scares me to death" Morrill noted In order to spend as much time on its home flow as possible the women's team plans to practice in the morning quite a bit during the week On Saturdays the two programs will alternate practicing mornings and afternoons every weekend "Saturdays become a little more tight because they're trying to scrimmage and we've always had it wheneva we needed it" Morrill said "But it will all work ouL" m ' a a -- 1 BIFtSoodliriidh iTIrea Buy A Set Of 4 BFGoodrich Traction TA Tires And Get A S40 GAS CARD FREE! 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